Probably the most sensible and balanced comment on here mate and absolutely how I see it too. The part that pisses me off even more is that the bad month was partly down to the fact that we were actively managing out some of the rubbish that has now come back into the side. Xhaka was a dead man walking, Mustafi trying to be shipped out to whoever might be interested, Ozil too. A fit Tierney would have put an end to Kolasinac's awful defending and the hopeless Lacazette was on his way to be replaced by Martinelli. That 'bad month' still only left us 7th and still virtually guaranteed to be through the Europa League but all perspective went out of the window. Who knows what might have happened if the January window had seen the rebuild continue and we'd have got shot of more of those jokers listed above.Gunner Rob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:11 amI supported Emery and now have got behind Arteta.
Looking back though at the season and I think the only reason Emery got sacked was that he had one really bad month.
On 3rd October I posted this;
come on this is getting ridiculous now.
Emery was one win away from 3rd place last season and took us to a first European final in 13 years.
we all knew that there was gong to be quite a bit of upheaval because the squad needed to be revamped.
this summer saw a lot of changes and combined with injuries to defenders who will be expecting to be first team players it hasn't been the best of starts to the season.
despite all that we have only lost one game all season, away at the European champions. So sorry if I don't share your assessment on Emery.
he probably isn't up to winning the league, but was he ever appointed to do that ? If you want a really ambitious manager at this club you will need to wait until Stan Kroenke dies and his son loses interest. Until then Emery is probably about the best we can get.
Arteta might be a decent enough manager in time but it was a hell of a gamble appointing him when we did.
Emery was always our best chance which was why he got appointed over Arteta in the first place.
Instead, those clowns are all now back firmly in the first team - surprise, surprise senior players who he has buddied up with. Lacazette has been nothing short of pathetic and yet his whole attack is based around him.
The decision to replace Emery with Arteta has set us back at least half a season. If he then decides to hang on to this selection of shit in a way that Emery would never have done, then we'll be back even further